Major football stadium tragedies over the last 40 years
The stampede at a home football match in japanese Indonesia that led to a minimum of 174 deaths late on Saturday is the newest in an extended line of football stadium tragedies.
In this image taken on October 1, 2022, a bunch of individuals carry a person after a football match between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya at Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang, East Java. Picture: AFP.
PARIS, FRANCE – The stampede at a home football match in japanese Indonesia that led to a minimum of 174 deaths late on Saturday is the newest in an extended line of football stadium tragedies.
AFP Sport highlights a few of the worst:
PERU
May 24, 1964
- 320 individuals had been killed and greater than 1,000 injured throughout a stampede at a Peru-Argentina Olympic qualifier at Lima’s National Stadium. Fans couldn’t escape the crush and had been trampled or asphyxiated.
RUSSIA
October 20, 1982
- Mystery nonetheless surrounds the complete quantity who died when there was a crush in a stairwell at the finish of a UEFA Cup match between Spartak Moscow and Dutch facet Haarlem at the Luzniki Stadium. Officially the toll stays at 66 — 45 of them youngsters — however based on every day newspaper Sovietski Sport, the numbers had been far increased and 340 had been killed.
Manchester United is deeply saddened by the tragedy in Malang, Indonesia.
We ship our honest condolences to the victims, their households, and everybody affected.
Manchester United (@ManUtd) October 2, 2022
GHANA
May 9, 2001
- 126 individuals died in Accra at the finish of a match between Hearts of Oaks and Kumasi, when Kumasi supporters, angered by their crew’s defeat, threw projectiles and broke chairs. Police threw tear-gas grenades, triggering a stampede.
ENGLAND
April 15, 1989
- A crush in the stands at Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough Stadium led to the deaths of 97 Liverpool followers throughout an FA Cup semi-final with Nottingham Forest.
May 11, 1985
- 56 individuals had been killed when a blaze broke out in picket stands throughout a match between Bradford and Lincoln City.
GUATEMALA
October 16, 1996
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Around 80 spectators misplaced their lives after being crushed by followers piling right into a stand at the Mateo Flores National Stadium for the 1998 World Cup qualifier between Guatemala and Costa Rica.
SCOTLAND
January 2, 1971 -
66 individuals had been killed in a crush at the Ibrox Stadium throughout a Rangers-Celtic derby. It was the stadium’s second catastrophe, after a stand collapsed in 1902, killing 26 individuals.
We are deeply saddened to listen to of the occasions at Kanjuruhan Stadium, Malang, Indonesia.
The ideas of everybody at Liverpool Football Club are with all these affected at the moment.
Liverpool FC (@LFC) October 2, 2022
EGYPT
February 1, 2012
- The Port Said stadium tragedy in Egypt noticed 74 individuals killed after clashes between rival units of supporters of native membership Al-Masry and Cairo-based Al-Ahly.
February 17, 1974
- 48 individuals died and 47 had been injured when 80,000 individuals crammed right into a stadium with a capability of 40,000.
SOUTH AFRICA
April 11, 2001
- 43 individuals died throughout a stampede at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg throughout a match between the Orlando Pirates and the Kaizer Chiefs.
January 13, 1991
- 40 died in a crush at an Orlando Pirates-Kaizer Chiefs match.
BELGIUM
29 May, 1985
- 39 individuals had been killed at Heysel Stadium in Brussels when Juventus followers tried to flee Liverpool followers.
FRANCE
May 5, 1992
- 18 individuals died and greater than 2,300 had been injured when a terrace collapsed in Furiani stadium in Corsica.
CAMEROON
January 24, 2022
- Eight individuals had been killed and dozens extra injured in a crush and stampede previous to an African Cup of Nations match between hosts Cameroon and the Comoros in Yaounde.
We are deeply saddened to be taught of the occasions in Malang at the Kanjuruhan Stadium Indonesia right this moment.
Along with everybody who finds a connection by means of football, our ideas are with everybody affected by this tragedy.
Arsenal (@Arsenal) October 2, 2022
